Example sentences of "thought of [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt no fear that either the militia or the rebels would molest him or his men , since all the troubles were occurring in what he thought of as the richer areas . |
| 2 | It struck Dexter as a very sensual act , at odds with what he thought of as the female detective 's self-control and cautious approach to the world . |
| 3 | By trying to concentrate on what she thought of as the negative parts of his personality she would protect her own weakness . |
| 4 | The young and feisty Armour did n't much care for what she thought of as the anglicised overlay of GSA at that time . |
| 5 | He sat down on a log and tried to perform what he thought of as the vanishing act , whereby you became insofar as it was possible a part of the surroundings : breathing , seeing , hearing only — merely an aspect of the place , a dimension , like the robin or the moss-covered log or the leafmould on which his feet rested . |